Doors, Stairs, etc - TravelWithMessage

Authoring TADS
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Ok, I have - yet another - T3 question…

I’m guessing it is possible to define doors that have travel messages, using TravelWithMessage or something similar but I have yet to find an example of this and all of my attempts have failed so far. I have a main stair case in my game and would like to describe the player’s descent - or their ascent (I’m using DownStairs and UpStairs). It just seems too abrupt to have them poof on the next floor of the house.

Thanks in advance!

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Example can be found in the Connectors.t sample game: http://www.tads.org/learning_tads3_sample_games.htm. Look for the laundryChute object. TravelWithMessage is a mix in class that can be added to any TravelConnector derived class such as Door, ThroughPassage or Stairway. Please note that mix-in classes are always written before an actual class.

+ laundryChute: RoomPartItem, TravelWithMessage, ThroughPassage
    'laundry chute' 'laundry chute'
    "Although it's intended for laundry, it's large enough for a person to fit
    into as well. "
    specialNominalRoomPartLocation = defaultWestWall
    specialDesc = "A laundry chute is set in the west wall. "
    travelBarrier = [bikeBarrier, trolleyBarrier]
    travelDesc = "You find yourself tumbling rapidly down the laundry chute
        until you are unceremoniously ejected from its lower end, landing with a
        bone-shaking bump. ";
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Thank you so much, that worked perfect! I think I was not including the TravelWithMessage class, so my travelDesc wasn’t doing anything.